Modifying Pur'Dry picks

I'm curious to seek pictures of modifications people have made to their pur'dry picks for drytooling performance. I'm considering filing mine to have more of a curve under between the first two teeth like Krukonogi comp picks. I've noticed that this can really help performance and stability in comparison to the angle that is stock on the pur'dry. 

If you've done something similar, I'd love to see pictures to get some ideas for mine. 

Yeah you're right on. Having a "beak" helps the pick stay stable when you switch from first to second position and vice versa. Almost all of my picks get modified immediately to have this crescent shape. Easily done as you've said by taking off at least the first tooth and rounding it out with a large crescent file. 

Zac St Juleswrote:

Yeah you're right on. Having a "beak" helps the pick stay stable when you switch from first to second position and vice versa. Almost all of my picks get modified immediately to have this crescent shape. Easily done as you've said by taking off at least the first tooth and rounding it out with a large crescent file. 

Glad to hear I'm thinking in the right direction. My hesitation is trying to figure out the shape. The Pur'dry has a pretty long distance from the tip to the first tooth. Taking out the first tooth and rounding this area out seems like it would leave a pretty thin and possibly fragile tip. Are you using pur'dry picks? Any photos of yours? 

My daughter prefers her pur dry with a curve between the first 2 teeth on her comp picks, but for tooling outdoors she tends to leave them standard. The only mod I do on mine is file the front tooth flat to make it more chisel profile rather than the 2 bevels merging to a point 

Phil Powellwrote:

My daughter prefers her pur dry with a curve between the first 2 teeth on her comp picks, but for tooling outdoors she tends to leave them standard. The only mod I do on mine is file the front tooth flat to make it more chisel profile rather than the 2 bevels merging to a point 

Thanks Phil. I'd love to see a photo of the curve in your daughters comp picks if you're willing to share. 

My modified Petzl Pur’Dry Pick.  First tooth removed with the side of flat file.  Small teeth enhanced with a small round file.  Some material removed from the top of the beak to make it fit in tighter placements.  Chisel tip not needed for Drytooling and can occasionally get in the way.  Optimized for traditional drytooling on granite, not for comp / sport drytooling.

The soft steel (relative to Krukonogi Armor Steel) wears quickly and removing metal underneath the beak may shorten the life of the pick considerably.  If you shape it like ithe Krukonogi beaks, don’t expect a long life.  

My modified Grivel Ice Pick.  First two teeth removed and beak reprofiled with a large half-round file.  3rd and 4th teeth filed down.  Optimized for ice climbing and light mixed climbing, not drytooling.  

Karl, thanks for sharing this. I really appreciate it. 

These are just the dry picks with a single tooth removed